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RECEPTACLE FILED MARl 5 1921 Patented F eb. 6, 1923.

ROBERT O. DUNNING, F LEVANT, MAINE.

RECEPTACLE.

Application led March 5, 1921. Serial No. 449,630.

To all whom dt may concern: Figure is a vertical sectional View of a 55Be it known that I, ROBERT O. DUNNING, combined match and cigarette box;

a citizen of the United States, residing at Figure 6 is a top plan viewthereoi with Levant, in the county of Penobscot and the top cap removed;

5 State of Maine, have invented certain new Referring to these drawings,10 designates and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of a body whichmay be made of wood, hard 60 which the following is a specification,referrubber composition, or any other suitable ence being had to theaccompanying drawmaterial` and which is formed to provide ings. acentral compartment 11 which extends 10 This invention relates toreceptacles, and into the body but not entirely therethrou h.

particularly to receptacles on the order of Exteriorly of this centralcompartment 11 65 match boxes. there are formed a series oflongitudinall The general object of my invention is to extendingdelivery compartments 12 Whic providea receptacle of this characteradaptare open at opposite e'nds of the body.

15 ed to be carried in a pocket, which will de- These deliverycompartments are illustrated liver one article, as for instance a matchas being disposed concentrically to the cenor a cigarette, at a time andwhich may be tral compartment 11 and these delivery comso modified as todeliver, say a match and. partments, as illustrated in Figure 4, are acigarette at the same time if desired. disposed relatively close to eachother ex- 20 A further object is to provide a device of cept at onepoint where a blank space 13 is this character embodying a body having aleft. I have illustrated the body as being central storage compartmentand a series of surroundedat its middle by a band 14 of concentricallydisposed delivery compartmetal or other suitable material, thoughlments, and provide a cover or cap for one do not wish tot be limited tothis.

255 end of the device closing the inlet ends of The inlet end or llingend of the recepthe storage and delivery compartments', and tacle isnormally closed by means of a cap 8o a rotatably mounted cap upon theother end 15, which cap is preferaby of meta-1 and of the body which, asit is rotated step by carries on its inner face a rubber pad 16. step,will permit the discharge of one of The opposite sides of the cap areformed the articlesfrom a delivery compartment. with bayonet slots 17and the body is formed An'd a further object is to provide means withoppositely projecting pins 18 engaging 85 whereby th's last named capmay be rotated said bayonet slots. The angular ends of the in'onedirection step by step but will be prebayonet slots are so formed orshaped that vented from rotation in the opposite direcwhen the cap isinserted over the body and tion. rotated in a direction to carry .thepins 18 Still another object is to provide the first into the angularends of the bayonet slots, 9@ named cap which closes the inlet end ofthe cap will be drawn inward against the the several compartments withmeans Wherebody and the rubber packing member 16 or by it may be drawndown tightly upon the pad compressed. The opposite end of the 40 bodyand with means whereby it may seal body is closed by a permanentlyattached,

this end of the body against moisture. rotatable cap 19. This cap isheld in place Other objects will appear in the course of upon the bodyby means of a centrally disthe following description. posed, headedscrew 2O or equivalent device My invention is illustrated in theaccomwhereby the cap may be rotated around the 45 panying drawings,wherein 1 body. The cap is formed on its outer face Figure 1 is anelevation of a match box with one single perforation 21 which i's 10@constructed in accordance with my invenadapted to register with any ofthe chambers tion; 12 and the cap is held from accidental rotap Figure 2is a vertical section on the line tion by means of a spring projectedpin 22 50 2 2 of Figure l; inserted in the side wall of the body andpro- Figure 3 is an under side plan view of jecting out therefrom. Thispin or detent is 105 the match box; beveled upon one face, as at 23. sothat it Figure 4 is a section oIr the line 4--4 of acts as a pawl andengages any one of a Figure 2; series of perforations 24 formed in theeide wallof the cap. This detent pawl 23 acts to hold the cap in anyrotated position to permit the rotation of the cap in one direction andone direction only.

In the use of this device, the chambers 12 are each to receive a match,the head of the match being preferably directed toward the cap 15. Thecentral storage compartment 11 may be filled with matches for subsequentuse. After the receptacle is filled, the cap 15 is put in place andlocked by its bayonet slots and the pins 18. At this time the opening 21is disposed over the blank space 13 and if a match is desired the cap 19is rotated one step so as to carry its aperture 21 over one ofthechambers 12. Then the match, of course` is easily discharged into thehand. The detent 22 holds the cap from any further accidental rotationuntil the next match is wanted, when the cap is again turned one step,and so on until all the matches have been discharged. Then the Cchambers12 are refilled with matches and a new supply is vdisposed in thechamber 11. The chamber 11 is designed to contain at least sufficientmatches to refill the chambers 12.

I do not wish to be limited to the use of this device as a match safe orbox-or even as a pocket match safe or box, as it also may be used fordischarging cigarettes, in which case the chambers 12 will, of coursehave to be made large` enough to receive each individual cigaretteandthechamber 11 large enough to receive a charge of cigarettes. I haveillustrated in Figure 5 a receptacle de# signed to containl bothcigarettes and matches, in which case the cigarettes will be containedwithin the relativelylarge chambers 25 and the matches within therelatively small chambers 26, these chambers 26 being disposed inward ofthe chamber 25 and there being two perforations 27 in the cap 19 sothatthe one step rotation of the cap will discharge both a cigarette and amatch. Of course obviously the relative positions of the match chambers26 and the cigarette chambers 25 may be changed so that a match .and acigarette will be alternately disposed.

Preferably the spaces 13 will be marked plainly so as to indicate at aglance that the matches in the chambers 12 have become exhausted andthattln-y ase needs refilling It will be understood that this devicemight be made for a pocket, or lforthe reception oit' matches forhousehold use and. that it might be mounted on a holder in the lattercase so as to discharge the matches downward as the cap 19 is rotated. I

While I have illustrated a device which is particularly ladapted for thedischarge of matches, I do not wish to be limited "thereto, as it isobvious that it mi ht be used for discharging othervarticles. either doI wish to be limited to any particular construction of the box. Themiddle portion 14 might also be formed with a match scratching surface28.

I claim:

1. A holding and delivering receptacle of the character describedcomprising a cylindrical body formed to provide a central compartmentopen at one end of the body and a plurality of longitudinally extendingcompartments arranged in a series concentric to the inner compartmentand opening at opposite ends of the body and disposed between thecentral compartment and the periphery of the body whereby each articleis held separate from and out of contact with each other and with thearticles in the central compartment, a cap detachably engaged with oneend of the body and when engaged bearing against the wall between thecent-ral compartment and the other compartments, said cap closing thecentral compartment and the corresponding ends of the outercompartments, a cap rotatably mounted upon the opposite end of the bodyand having an aperture adapted to register with any one of said outercompartments, and coacting means on the body and cap permitting a onestep rotation of the cap in gn direction only with reference to the 2. Aholding and delivering receptacle of the character described comprisinga body having a plurality of longitudinally extending compartmentsopening upon opposite ends of the body, each compartment being designedto hold one of the articles to be delivered and the compartments beingarranged in a series concentric to the longitudinal axis of the body, adetachable cap at one end of the body bearing against the body andclosing the compartments at one end, a rotatable cap at the other end ofthe body having an opening adapted to register with any one of saidcompartments, a spring projected detent mounted upon the body andhaving'a beveled outer face, the rotatable cap being provided withperforations with which said detent is adapted to engage, the detentpermitting a one step rotation of the cap in'one direction.

3. A receptacle ofthe character described comprising a body having acentral storage compartment open at one end of the body only, the bodybeing formed with a plurality of longitudinally extending compartmentsarranged in a series concentric to the central compartment and openingupon opposite ends of thebody, a detachable cap adapted to extend overthat end of the body upon which the central compartment opens, normallybearing against the outer wall of the central compartment, the oppositeend of the body having a rotatable cap formed with a perforation adaptedto register successively with the several outer comlli partments, therebeing coacting means on the body and cap permitting a one step rotationof the cap in one direction relative to the body.`I

4. A receptacle of the character described comprising a body having acentral storage compartment open at one end of the body only, thatportion of the body exterior to the central compartment being formedwith longitudinally extending compartments open at opposite ends of thebody and arranged in a series concentric to the central compartment, acap adapted to extend over that endof the body upon which the centralcompartment opens and normally bearing against the outer wall of saidcompartmentl and formed with bayonet slots in its side walls, the bodyhaving diametrically opposite pins with which said bayonet slots engage,the inner face of the cap having an elastic pad normally bearing againstthe end face of the body and the bayonet slots being formed to cause thecap being drawn against the body to compress said pad, the oppositeend-of the body having a rotatable cap formed with a perforation adaptedto register successively-with the several outer com partments and therebeing coacting means on the body and cap permitting a one step rotationof the body in one direction.A

5. A receptacle of the character described comprising a cylindrical bodyformed with a central storage compartment extending 'from one end of thebody nearly to the opening upon one other end thereof and end of thebody, the body being formed exteriorly of said central compartment withlongitudinally extending vcompartments arranged in a series concentricto the axis of the body and opening upon oppositeend faces thereof, adetachable cap fitting over and embracing that end of the body uponwhich the central compartment opens and normally bearing against thatend of the body and bearing against the outer wall of the centralcompartment, a rotatable cap fitting over the opposite end of the bodyand rotatably mounted thereon and formed with a perforation adapted toregister successively with the several outer compartments, the bodyhaving a spring projected, bevel-faced detent carried in its side walland the flange of said last named cap having a series of perforationswith which said detent is adapted to engage, the devtent permitting aone step rotation of the cap in one direction relative to the body.

6. A receptacle of the character described comprising a body formed withtwo series of longitudinally extending compartments opening uponopposite ends of the body,

both series being disposed concentric to the central axis of the body,any opening of one series being in radial alignment with an opening ofthe other series, a vdetachable cap closing one end of the body andextendingover said series of compartments, and a rotatable cap mount-edupon the other end of the body and extending over both series ofcompartments, said rotatable cap being formed with two openings inradial alignment adapted to register simultaneously with any twocompartments in radial align-A ment as the cap is rotated, the lastnamed cap and the body being provided with ooacting means for permittinga one step rotation of the body with relation to the body in onedirection but. verse rotation of the cap.

In testimony whereof hereunto signature.

preventing a reaitix my ROBERT O. DUNNlNG.

